Journal of Alath "Ryu" Armorsensed, Expedition Leader and Overseer
1st of Moonstone, 1500
This Summer and Autumn were spent dealing with the Aquifer problem. The main issue being that to access to the farms from the fort, you had to go past the River. The River bisects the valley's stony side from the fertile forest on the other. So farming isn't feasible from this side. And to get through to the farms, you had to pass through an Aquifer, one that was through sand and quickly filling up our existing tunnels. If I didn't act fast, our access to the food stocks would vanish, and that ain't good in anyone's book. So, as the makeshift cistern filled up to the top, I ordered the hallway blocked off.
I then decided, if I couldn't access the farms from below, I'd access them from above. So I began planning and ordering the construction of a sky bridge. It begins on the Bedroom floor and will go over the river, and then down a staircase into the Farms.
I was worried about our lack of dorfpower being a problem, but lo and behold, a group of four dwarves arrived at the Fort today, begging to be let in. We were all so overjoyed at seeing more of our kin.
Four Dwarves arrived, among them was an armorer and another miner. I set the Armorer to finally build a Smith, and the Miner to help our mason cut blocks for the bridge. For now, the access to the farms is literally a staircase in the ground, accessible to anyone. Should we get any nasty surprises, we're boned. But on the bright side, our first harvest was around this time.
The rest of Summer passed relatively uneventfully. But at the onset of August, we received an odd sight.
Some of the Dwarves wondered at the lack of a liason. I wondered where the Hell did the caravan come from at all. Alas, we have no items to trade, so the Traders spend a month in the depot before departing as they arrived.
About a month or so after that, we received even more dwarves . Bringing our total number up to 19. (I asked, yes Children do count, useless cunts.)
Towards the end of Autumn, the Sky Bridge was basically finished. It lead all the way to the Farms and had walls and a roof for roughly a third of it. Also, my Quarters got smoothed. I mean, I
am the Overseer as well as Bookkeeper and Manager. I need a place to work damnit.
Then we got a huge scare at the end of autumn.
Stukos the Farmer swears he saw an "Army of the Dead" while walking along the bridge. I quickly ordered the fort locked down and the Entrance Bridge closed. But after a while, nothing happened. I went out onto the bridge, and saw nothing. I lowered the Bridge, and went out looking with some of the Miners. We found nothing but a Piglet that had been brutally slaughtered, and alot of upturned grass around it. Something
was here, but it didn't stick around. This quickly ends the festive mood in the fort, as the grim realities of our world finally begin to catch up with us.
Here are some drawings of the Fort at the start of Winter.
There are some grumblings about "an election" of some sort. I say bah! to that. I ain't acting like no damned Noble. Now where's that Big gem I ordered....
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I don't know what the whole deal about the Dead walk was. I searched everywhere and found nothing but a quick combat log with some Experiment and the piglet. Anyways, Winter update to come shortly.
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